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Hop on to the Curie Learning Facebook page and scroll through their photos. The lists from the class of 2023 and 2022 are in there. They deleted the list from 2024 after posting it on 8/17 - likely because they've been exposed.

If you read the names, they're literally almost all very obviously South Asian. There might be a couple of Sri Lankan or Bangladeshi names in there, but the level of consistency is staggering.

And yes, a big reason for the overwhelming Asian population majority of TJ is the applicant numbers. Numbers from demographics besides Asian have dropped precipitously as the school has become more Asian over the years, which is a source for some concern. Of bigger concern is that total applications have dropped by 20% since the class of 2022.[/quote]

Substantially all of the kids at Curie are south asian/indian. But Curie is not TJ. My guess (based purely on my observation, not having access to any public data), the mix at TJ among asians between south and east asians would be 50:50. Data for other groups is publicly available (http://www.fcag.org/tjstatistics.shtml).[/quote]

I think that's a pretty fair guess, 50:50. Although you have to wonder in this new class if that will still be the case under the current circumstances. Let's say Curie claims half of the South Asians in the current 2024 class. Meaning 260 or so South Asians and 100 or so East Asians. If we see that, I promise you that the Korean and Chinese communities will immediately become highly invested in CurieGate.[/quote]

There is no CurieGate. Assuming you are an adult, please stop perpetuating this without any basis other than a couple anecdotes from teenagers on TJ Vents. You are demeaning groups of people you don't know and have never met without any basis. Parents/children who are motivated to try for TJ prep for it. Curie is the most popular prep center among south asians, just as Sunshine Academy is for east asians (which claims 85 of their students admitted in CO 2024). There might be other prep centers. I just don't know of them.[/quote]

youd do well to stop assuming that only one person is exposing this - also unless ur an employee of curie you have no idea whether or not this is a real thing - and if you are no one is going to take you seriously[/quote]

I'm a TJ parent and I am assuming nothing. My child attended Curie few years ago. What he got out of Curie was discipline, rigor, lots of practice of math and english content, good peer group, time management practice from taking practice tests, exposure to/career advice from successful STEM professionals. All of that has been helpful to him to this day. I don't know and have never heard of any of this purported "CurieGate" activity and would not stand for it if I did. Although I don't know Dr. Rao very well, from my limited interaction with him he seemed to be a very nice man, upstanding, professional, mentor, and is highly respected. I have nothing to gain or lose from this discussion, but I don't mind speaking up when I see something disquieting.[/quote]

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